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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Playing With Acetate

I just wanted to play around with some acetate and see what I could come up with. I buy huge packs at my local office supply store. They are a bit pricey, but last a looong time for projects.

I cut a window in a standard sized card base. It was rather confusing for me, since I am NOT good at measurements! *LOL*

I have a top layer for the card that is cut at 4 by 5 and 1/4 with the same sized window cut in it. The patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Kioshi 6 by 6 pad. I tied a piece of green ribbon around this layer before adhering it.

In between those two layers is the piece of acetate. This way the card looks clean both outside and inside and you can't see the adhesive on the acetate.

I stamped a bird cage from the My Cute Stamps Elegant Birds set using some Cotton White Staz On ink right onto the acetate. For those of you that aren't familiar with Staz On it is designed for stamping on surfaces you can't use other inks on, just like this plastic sheet.

On the inside of the card is a tiny little bird from the same stamp set, also using a patterned sheet from the Kioshi collection. I will write my sentiment towards the bottom on the inside so that it is hidden when the card is closed. Easy enough.